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Tigers, Lady Tigers rout Monterey

December 2, 2008

The DeKalb County High School basketball teams took a pair of non-district games with visiting Monterey, Tuesday night in Smithville. The Lady Tigers won the opener, 54-43, while the Tigers rolled in the nightcap, 79-41. Both DCHS teams are now 3-2 on the season.

The Lady Tigers never trailed the Lady Wildcats, as they opened up a 5-0 lead in the game's first few moments, and owned a 16-8 edge at the end of the opening period. The lead grew to a game-high 16 points late in the second period, and DeKalb County owned a 29-15 advantage at the half.

Monterey, however, began chipping away at the Lady Tiger lead in the third, and whittled it down to nine, at 41-32, by the end of the period. A 9-0 Lady Wildcat run from the closing moments of the third on into the fourth period sliced the DC lead to four, at 41-37, with about five and a half minutes to play. DeKalb closed out the game, however, on a 13-6 run, which put away the Lady Wildcats and secured the victory.

The Tigers trailed only once in the boys' contest, as Monterey took a 1-0 lead to open the game, but the DC boys reeled off 10 unanswered points before the Wildcats could respond. DeKalb led 20-10 at the end of the first peiod, and 43-25 at the half.

Monterey got no closer than 16 points in the second half, as they opened the third period with a bucket to cut the deficit to 16, but the Tigers went on a 15-4 run to open up a 27-point lead, at 58-31. The Tigers led 58-35 at the end of the third, and cruised to the lopsided victory by out-scoring the Wildcats 21-6 in the final period.

Hunter Poteete led a balanced Tiger stat sheet with 13 points, while Seth Willoughby added 11. 15 different Tigers scored in the game. Michael Buckner led Monterey and all scorers with 18 points.